My niece, Ali, attends Lewis and Clark College here in Portland (Go Pioneers!!), which is the main reason I came here. She is in Maine for the summer, working as a camp counselor at Camp Renoia, which both she and her mother (my sister-in-law Jen) attended as girls. Ali is a certified sailboat instructor.
I drove and walked through much of the campus, which is southwest of downtown Portland. Before leaving, I headed to the Student Center to see if I could buy a hat and t-shirt. Well the bookstore where they sell those items was closed (it was Sunday) but as I walked through the halls I noticed a table with a large bowl offering free condoms. The only item in the bowl was a small zip-lock bag of ear-bud rubber thingies (for lack of a better word) to protect the inside of your ears. Ear-bud condoms, if you will. Anyway, I really found it amusing.
Suggestions? BIGGER CONDOMS!


